Jane Dodds has congratulated the miners’ welfare hall in Ystradgynlais on the contribution it has made to the local community.
The Mid and West Wales MS said at the Senedd that the hall was opened 90 years ago.
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The Mid and West Wales MS said at the Senedd that the hall was opened 90 years ago.
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00:00I have 90 seconds to mark the 90th anniversary since the Miners Welfare
00:05Hall was opened in Ystradgynlais. This wonderful hall was built from the
00:09miners pennies and cost them at the time £9,000. The opening ceremony was
00:15followed by a week of celebrations including a grand production of The
00:20Bells of Bewlow by the Ystradgynlais Juvenile Operatic Society produced by
00:26Mr. Kenlyce Davis. Since 1934 the hall has gone through various transformations
00:33and today is a vibrant Arts Centre and community hub. Sometimes it's also a
00:39radio station, sometimes it's a TV studio. It has a cinema showing all the latest
00:45films and it hosts events like, wait for it, an ABBA Live tribute band and has a
00:51variety of workshops and activities. It also boasts the Joseph Herman Art
00:57Foundation Cymru which is dedicated to promoting an appreciation of the life
01:01and work of Joseph Herman who has exhibited at the Tate Britain. Indeed
01:07the Welfare Hall is proud of the fact that it is one of the few welfare halls
01:11throughout the whole of the country that has retained its original purpose of
01:16being a place of culture and education. This hall is by and for the whole
01:23community of Ystradgynlais. Diolch to all of the staff and volunteers who have
01:28been there over the past 90 years and we wish them well for the next 90 years.
01:33Diolch yn fawr iawn.
01:36Item 5 this afternoon is a debate on the children and young people.